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50 New Immigration Judges on Duty, and 370 More Coming
LifeZette ^ | 11/15/2017 | by Brendan Kirby

Posted on 11/15/2017 1:36:46 PM PST by gubamyster

Additional staff will help the government start to reduce the backlog of court cases, said Attorney General Jeff Sessions

The United States is on the verge of reversing an immigration court backlog that has been building for years, Attorney General Jeff Sessions testified Tuesday.

Immigration hawks long have pointed to the backlog, now about 600,000 cases, as a factor in undermining enforcement. Sessions told the House Judiciary Committee that the backlog has barely grown during the past two to three months as a result of 50 additional immigration judges who have started working since President Donald Trump took office.

Sessions said the Department of Justice has shortened the time for hiring new judges and hopes to bring an additional 360 to 370 on board.

“I’m told by the additional work we’re doing, by January, we will not be adding to the backlog but hopefully reducing it,” he testified. “That would be a real change in the trends that we were heading on.”

Andrew “Art” Arthur, a former immigration judge who now is director of law and policy at the Center for Immigration Studies, said a combination of increased staffing and fewer border crossings has the department on the right track.

“We have turned a corner,” he told LifeZette. “We may see a slight increase, but we are going to level off and start to see a decline.”

(Excerpt) Read more at lifezette.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; illegalimmigration; immigration

1 posted on 11/15/2017 1:36:46 PM PST by gubamyster
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To: gubamyster

Feel good story of the day.


2 posted on 11/15/2017 1:46:25 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

Yep, now to move on getting an additional couple of thousand more on board - recruited from non-Leftists.


3 posted on 11/15/2017 2:16:19 PM PST by House Atreides (BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENT)
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To: House Atreides

Why do they get to go to a judge in the first place? If they are here illegally they should be just shipped out.


4 posted on 11/15/2017 3:54:10 PM PST by oldasrocks (rump)
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To: central_va
Feel good story of the day.

IF all these hirees are Conservative in mindset, and IF they have the American people's interest at heart and not bleeding hearts that feel sorry for the poor little illegals, Then it would be the feel good story of the day.

5 posted on 11/15/2017 4:13:44 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: gubamyster

How could this possibly be of any benefit to this country.


6 posted on 11/15/2017 5:01:33 PM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: SgtHooper

Because they will be able to deport people faster?


7 posted on 11/15/2017 5:23:45 PM PST by gubamyster
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To: gubamyster

bkmk


8 posted on 11/16/2017 1:00:56 PM PST by AllAmericanGirl44
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Note: this topic is from 11/15/2017. Thanks gubamyster.

9 posted on 01/07/2018 3:50:39 PM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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